DID YOU KNOW?
The answer
The Old Testament storyline moves from Creation to the Flood, then to Abraham and his family, down to the Exodus from Egypt, into the age of kings like David, and finally to the exile in Babylon.
Why it’s interesting
Those six beats are the spine that almost every other Bible story hangs on. Once the order is in your head, characters like Moses, Ruth, and Isaiah snap into place.
Scholarly consensus
You can know the Bible.
Not just the stories, but the history, authorship, and scholarship behind it.